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Matraco’s Nyagishiru Coffee Washing Station in Burundi’s Muyinga region processes coffee from approximately 850 local farming families. The station is equipped with a Mackinnon pulper and 200 raised drying beds.

Matraco shows a strong commitment to the community, paying farmers a 20% premium above market rate and staff wages 60% higher than the national average. They also support local growers by donating seedlings and composted coffee pulp fertilizer.

Founder Zuberi Matsitsi began Matraco with a transport truck fleet. Since expanding into coffee production in 2015, Matraco still uses its own logistics, ensuring close quality oversight in a challenging transportation area.

In the cup we experienced the tart and bright characteristics of red currant, the bold sweetness of dark chocolate, and the rich, gentle nuttiness of hazelnut brings it all together. We are very excited to share this coffee so be sure to try it while we still have some!

Novo Coffee

Nyagishiru

Nyagishiru

Roast & Ships Monday - Friday

Regular price $21.00 USD
Regular price Sale price $21.00 USD
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Characteristics

Roast

Medium Dark

Body

Sweet

Acidity

Rich

Notes

Red Currant, Dark Chocolate, Hazelnut

Farm

Matraco’s Nyagishiru Coffee Washing Station

Farmer

Zuberi Matsitsi & Small Holder Farmers

Elevation

1500-1650 MASL

Varietal

Bourbon

Process

Washed

Location

Burundi’s Muyinga

Story

Triangle Accent

Matraco’s Nyagishiru Coffee Washing Station in Burundi’s Muyinga region processes coffee from approximately 850 local farming families. The station is equipped with a Mackinnon pulper and 200 raised drying beds.

Matraco shows a strong commitment to the community, paying farmers a 20% premium above market rate and staff wages 60% higher than the national average. They also support local growers by donating seedlings and composted coffee pulp fertilizer.

Founder Zuberi Matsitsi began Matraco with a transport truck fleet. Since expanding into coffee production in 2015, Matraco still uses its own logistics, ensuring close quality oversight in a challenging transportation area.

In the cup we experienced the tart and bright characteristics of red currant, the bold sweetness of dark chocolate, and the rich, gentle nuttiness of hazelnut brings it all together. We are very excited to share this coffee so be sure to try it while we still have some!

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Established: 2002
Owners: Jake Brodsky, Herb Brodsky
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Nowhere is that more true than inside Denver's Novo Coffee. These coffees are purchased primarily through long term relationships with farmers who share in Novo’s pursuit of the highest quality coffees along with strong commitments to social, environmental, and economic sustainability...

Roasting is done in small batches and profiled in a way to ensure that the inherent flavors in each coffee are brought to the forefront, as are their differences based on origin, terroir, processing method, variety, and other factors.

Our coffee buyers have demonstrated a special ability to discover truly wonderful and distinctive coffees. We roast our coffee and present it to the consumer in such a way that the differences and subtleties between roasts are as apparent as the nuances found in wine. These diverse flavors lead to a deeper discovery of coffee origins, the people who grow and harvest the cherries, the cultures that exist where the coffees are cultivated, It is our aim to promote the world of specialty roasted coffee through the meticulous selection,

We like to think of the world of coffee not as a static range of cultivated land that lies between Cancer and Capricorn, but instead as a botanically differentiated region whose crop originated in Ethiopia over a thousand years ago. Since then, coffee has moved to the middle east, to India and Indonesia, then to the New World, and finally, back to Africa and Kenya as a domesticated, genetically modified product. This journey is our journey as coffee specialists, a journey back to coffee’s birthplace.

As our name suggests, Novo Coffee was created with a goal of bringing new life to the coffee industry. It is our aim to promote the world of specialty roasted coffee through the meticulous selection, roasting, brewing, and presentation of what we feel are some of the most distinctive and flavorful coffees available in today's marketplace.

We have a lofty goal: we want to reintroduce you to coffee. For starters, coffee didn’t originate in a European cafe amidst writers, lovesick poets, and starving artists. It comes from a rich tradition built in Ethiopia, where coffee is called Bunna, pronounced “BOON-NUH” in their native language of Amharic.

They say there is a little bit of science in every art and a little bit of art in every science. and the economic relationships that are formed with each and every purchase of roasted specialty coffee. We strive to keep a foot in the past by connecting to origin, and supporting the communities that start our beans on their path to your cup. But we also keep an eye to the future, developing roasting and brewing techniques that challenge convention and dramatically improve your coffee experience.